Bill Text: NC S498 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Modify Law Re: Corporal Punishment
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-23 - Ch. SL 2011-270 [S498 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2011-S498-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2011
S 2
SENATE BILL 498*
Education/Higher Education Committee Substitute Adopted 5/5/11
Short Title: Modify Law Re: Corporal Punishment. |
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April 4, 2011
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to require the involvement of a parent or guardian before school officials may administer corporal punishment on a student.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 115C‑391(a)(5) reads as rewritten:
"(5) Corporal punishment shall not be
administered on a student who is a child with a disability as defined in G.S. 115C‑106.3(1)
or on a student with a disability who is covered under section 504 of the
federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 794, whose parent
or guardian has stated in writing that corporal punishment shall not be
administered on that student. Parents and guardians shall be given a form to
make such an election at the beginning of the school year or when the student
first enters the school during the year. If a parent or guardian has not
submitted in writing that corporal punishment shall not be used on the student,
then the form shall be presented to the parent or guardian at the first
individualized education program or section 504 plan meeting held during the
school year. Corporal punishment shall not be administered on a student
whose parent or guardian has stated in writing that corporal punishment shall
not be administered to that student. Parents and guardians shall be given a
form to make such an election at the beginning of the school year or when the
student first enters the school during the year. If the parent or guardian does
not return the form, corporal punishment may be administered on the student."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2011‑2012 school year.